NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Victor Cruz joined Mike Francesa on Tuesday evening to chat about the Giants’ 38-10 victory over the Packers and shared his thoughts on the Giants’ upcoming Monday night meeting with the Redskins.

“It felt good. Everything (was) rolling. Eli was playing well, offense, defense came to play. It was a good win, one that we definitely needed,” Cruz said.

Francesa asked Cruz what made the difference for the Giants in Week 12.

“It was definitely the rest, on top of having a solid week of practice,” Cruz responded.

“It was really inspiring to see a kid that’s facing so much adversity,” Cruz stated. The only thing he wanted to say to us was — ‘Go out there and play like champions.’ It inspired me personally and inspired a lot of us.”

Cruz told Francesa, “He kept saying this is awesome, this is awesome.”